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Sen. Maria Cantwell , D-Wash., sanitizes her hands as she arrives for a Senate hearing on May 13. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Senate undoes proposed power shift in nuclear arms budgeting

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 2, 2020 at 5:22pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made another aid bill a priority in the coming weeks, but the details are still in question.

Senators leave for first recess since Memorial Day

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 2, 2020 at 4:57pm
Former Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III testifies during the House Judiciary Committee last July. The committee's bid to get grand jury materials from his 2016 elections investigation will be decided by the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court will hear Democrats’ bid to get full Mueller report

By Todd Ruger
Posted July 2, 2020 at 11:23am
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., has spent campaign funds on the posh Penn Club of New York.

Sen. Bill Cassidy’s campaign has spent $5,500 on membership dues at private club in New York

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 2, 2020 at 6:00am
"What we have is a disagreement on principle," House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter A. DeFazio, D-Ore., said of Republican complaints about the infrastructure bill.

Passing infrastructure bill, Democrats go all-in on climate

By Jessica Wehrman, Benjamin J. Hulac and Elvina Nawaguna
Posted July 1, 2020 at 7:05pm
Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., looks at a partial map of Washington during news conference with Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on their opposition to D.C. statehood in the Capitol on Wednesday.

Republicans push back on Democrats’ DC statehood bill

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 1, 2020 at 5:00pm
Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., says the Congressional Black Caucus's efforts to combat systemic racism go beyond the policing overhaul the House passed in June.

Black Caucus lays out legislative priorities for combating systemic racism

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 1, 2020 at 4:07pm
From left, Reps. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., Kendra Horn, D-Okla., and Xochitl Torres Small, D-N.M., take a selfie during the House Armed Services Committee markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in Longworth Building on Wednesday, July 1, 2020.

Fogged glasses, Diet Coke and promises to forgo the all-nighter: An NDAA markup like no other

By Mark Satter
Posted July 1, 2020 at 3:16pm
A tourist takes a photo of the U.S. Capitol building.

House members reluctant to respond to survey about intern diversity

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 1, 2020 at 12:59pm
Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., walks through Statuary Hall before the start of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on Feb. 4, 2020.

Engel loss would trigger battle for Foreign Affairs gavel

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 1, 2020 at 12:24pm
A streetcar and other traffic are seen on H Street Northeast on September 2, 2016.

House to vote Wednesday on massive infrastructure bill

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted June 30, 2020 at 9:37pm
Sen. John Kennedy, (R-LA), asks a question during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on May 5, 2020. On Tuesday Kennedy was part of a unanimous consent request that had a lot of senators asking questions.

‘The chair cannot answer that’ — confusion grips the Senate floor

By Chris Cioffi
Posted June 30, 2020 at 7:58pm
Sens. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., right, and Tim Scott, R-S.C., conduct a news conference after the Senate Republican Policy luncheon in Hart Building on June 23, 2020.

Senate Republicans begin drafting new coronavirus relief bill

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted June 30, 2020 at 5:03pm
Climate change is "the essential crisis of our time," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Pandemic, inequality helped shape Democrats’ climate plan

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted June 30, 2020 at 3:43pm
Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Jan. 30, 2020. On Monday he called Russia-backed extremist groups "an emerging national security threat."

NDAA: Russian support for US extremists a ‘significant risk’

By John M. Donnelly
Posted June 30, 2020 at 3:24pm
From left, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Rules Chairman Roy Blunt, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Rules ranking member Amy Klobuchar arrive Tuesday for a meeting of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy also attended.

Inaugural Ceremonies Committee moves ahead with plans for 59th swearing-in

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 30, 2020 at 12:38pm
House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., right, accompanied by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., speaks during a news conference in the Capitol, after a meeting at the White House on Tuesday, June 30, 2020.

On Russian bounties, congressional leaders are piecing together separate White House responses

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted June 30, 2020 at 11:54am
Reps. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., and Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, prepare for an interview during the last House votes of the week in the Capitol on September 27, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

‘We can’t waste this moment in the NDAA’

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted June 30, 2020 at 11:06am
The provision that would give the Pentagon a say in the nuclear budget was prompted by an internal debate.

Defense bill would give Pentagon power over Energy’s nuclear arms budget

By John M. Donnelly
Posted June 30, 2020 at 9:04am
Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., will present her committee's plan Tuesday morning.

Climate panel urges sweeping change, deep carbon cuts

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted June 30, 2020 at 6:00am
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will be back on Capitol Hill this week.

Road ahead: Defense discussions dominate, plus infrastructure week in the House

By Niels Lesniewski and Lindsey McPherson
Posted June 29, 2020 at 3:07pm, Updated at 7:25pm
Rep. Francis Rooney, R-Fla., filed a letter with the clerk designating a Democrat to serve as his proxy but he's not cast any votes by proxy after his leadership urged against it.

Republican wanted to vote by proxy but leaders urged against it

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted June 29, 2020 at 4:46pm, Updated at 5:33pm
From left, Reps. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., James R. Comer, R-Ky., and ranking member Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, right, are seen during a House Oversight and Reform Committee business meeting in January 2019. Comer was named to succeed Jordan as GOP ranking member.

Comer named as House Oversight ranking member

By Chris Cioffi
Posted June 29, 2020 at 4:16pm, Updated at 4:38pm
Police in riot gear stand in front of the White House as demonstrators gather to protest the death of George Floyd.

Witnesses: No warnings from Park Police in clearing of square

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted June 29, 2020 at 4:15pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has extended the House’s use of the proxy voting system because of the coronavirus pandemic.

House proxy voting extended through mid-August

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted June 29, 2020 at 2:18pm
"Our economy and national security greatly benefit from nuclear energy," said Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska.

Nuclear energy allies back advanced reactors in NDAA

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted June 29, 2020 at 1:22pm
The U.S. Supreme Court building at sunset. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Supreme Court allows president to fire at will head of consumer protection agency

By Todd Ruger and Jim Saksa
Posted June 29, 2020 at 11:34am
Ranking member Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, talks with reporters in the House Armed Services Committee in December. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House panel demands Pentagon briefing on Russian bounties

By John M. Donnelly
Posted June 29, 2020 at 10:03am
Aerial view of the Pentagon building.

Less time, less drama: Congress steps up work on NDAA

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted June 29, 2020 at 8:00am
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., right, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, center, and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., conduct a news conference after the Senate Republican policy luncheon on June 23, 2020.

On policing, it’s all politics now

By Shawn Zeller
Posted June 29, 2020 at 7:00am